LEARNER
 

 

LEARNER BILL OF RIGHTS

PCRS recognizes that you are a life-long learner who has chosen to engage in continuing medical education to identify or fill a gap in knowledge, skill, or performance.  As part of PCRS’s duty to you as a learner, you have the right to expect that your continuing medical education experience with PCRS includes:

 

CONTENT  that

    • Promotes improvements or quality in healthcare;
    • Is valid, reliable, and accurate;
    • Offers balanced presentations that are free of commercial bias for or against a product/service;
    • Is vetted through a process that resolves any conflicts of interests of planners, teachers, or authors; 
    • Is driven and based on learning needs, not commercial interests;
    • Addresses the stated objectives or purpose; and
    • Is evaluated for its effectiveness in meeting the identified educational needs.

A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT   that

    • Supports learners’ ability to meet their individual needs;
    • Respects and attends to any special needs of the learners;
    • Respects the diversity of groups of learners; and
    • Is free of promotional, commercial, and/or sales activities.

    DISCLOSURE   of

    • Relevant financial relationships planners, teachers, and authors have with commercial interests related to the content of the activity; and
    • Commercial support (funding or in-kind resources) of the activity.